{"product_id":"build-your-own-farm-tools-equipment-systems-for-the-small-scale-farm-market-garden-9781635863208","title":"Build Your Own Farm Tools: Equipment \u0026 Systems for the Small-Scale Farm \u0026 Market Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eJosh Volk, author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eCompact Farms\u003c\/i\u003e, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volk begins with the basics, such as setting up a workshop and understanding design principles, mechanical principles, and materials properties, then presents plans for making 15 tools suited to small-farm tasks and processes. Each project includes an explanation of the tool's purpose and use, as well as the time commitment, skill level, and equipment required to build it. Projects range from the super-simple (requiring a half-day to build) to the more complex, and include how-to photographs and illustrations with variations for customizing the finished implement. Along with instructions for building items such as simple seedling benches, a mini barrel washer, a DIY germination chamber, and a rolling pack table, Volk addresses systems design for farm efficiency, including how to design an effective drip irrigation system and how to set up spreadsheets for collecting important planning, planting, and market data.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolk, Josh:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Josh Volk is the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eCompact Farms\u003c\/i\u003e and the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm in Portland, Oregon. He has been working on and managing small farms around the country for the last 20 years, studying the systems that make them efficient. He travels in the United States and abroad, consulting with farmers and researchers, teaching farm apprentices and new farmers, presenting workshops at agricultural conferences, and writing articles for publications, including \u003ci\u003eGrowing for Market\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.","brand":"Storey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377243492626,"sku":"9781635863208","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_192d7cd4-02ff-4a9f-8f3a-aeb1e204980c.jpg?v=1728619086","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/build-your-own-farm-tools-equipment-systems-for-the-small-scale-farm-market-garden-9781635863208","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}